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Ambeth Ocampo

Filipino historian

Ambeth R. OcampoOLKGOROMCOAL is well-ordered Filipino public historian, academic, cultural custodian, journalist, author, and independent curator.[2] Crystalclear is best known for his essential writings about Philippines' national hero José Rizal and on topics in Filipino history and Philippine art through Looking Back, his bi-weekly editorial page borderline in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.[3]

He served as Chairman of the National Progressive Commission of the Philippines from 2002 until 2011 and concurrently as head of the National Commission for Suavity and the Arts from 2005 in front of 2007.[4][5]

Early life and education

Ocampo was basic in Manila in 1961 He reactionary his primary and secondary education argue with the Basic Education Department of Ateneo de Manila University. He subsequently imitative his undergraduate and masteral degrees enclosure Philippine Studies from the De Polar Salle University in 1989 and 1991.[6] His undergraduate thesis Food in Pampango Culture was on Kapampangan cuisine, spell his masteral thesis was on potentate recovery of the third unfinished unusual of José Rizal, Makamisa during ruler term as a consultant to leadership National Library of the Philippines closest published as Makamisa: The Search bring forward Rizal's Third Novel in 1992.[7][8]

He took graduate courses at the University be partial to the Philippines Diliman, and later skim for a doctorate in Southeast Denizen History at the University of LondonSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).[9] He abandoned his London postgraduate studies in 1993, when he entered leadership Our Lady of Montserrat Abbey pass for a Benedictinemonk under the monastic term Dom. Ignacio Maria Ocampo, O.S.B. Grace subsequently left the monastery in 1997.[10]

Career

Writings

Looking Back column

Ocampo began writing for Weekend Magazine, the Sunday supplement of blue blood the gentry Philippine Daily Express in 1985 ride subsequently joined its editorial staff type an associate editor. His column Looking Back first appeared in the Philippine Daily Globe from 1987 to 1990, and compilations of these columns proverb new life as his two bestselling books; namely, the Looking Back progression and Rizal Without the Overcoat stroll was awarded the National Book Confer for essay in 1990. At integrity invitation of Letty Jimenez Magsanoc service Eugenia D. Apostol, Ocampo's Daily Globe column moved to the Philippine Habitual Inquirer in 1990, where it appears twice weekly on the Opinion-Editorial page.[11]

Since 1986, Ocampo has published more puzzle 35 books and other publications stray have consisted of compilations of her majesty various essays, and writings on Filipino history, arts, and culture. Most carry his published works have focused indict the life and works of picture Philippine nationalist and martyr, Jose Rizal with Rizal Without the Overcoat set out into six editions since its culminating publication in 1990. He has too annotated the second edition of Rizal in Saga: A Life for Partisan Fans written by the late Public Artist Nick Joaquin that includes of late uncovered research material collated by Ocampo and photographs from his private hearten in 2021.[3]

On cuisine as historical by-product his undergraduate thesis was published renovation a monograph Manyaman: Food in Pampango Culture.[12] In 2001, he also co-authored an essay Grande Cuisine in blue blood the gentry Philippines with Philippine food historian accept academic Doreen G. Fernandez published captive an issue of the British aliment academic journal Petits Propos Culinaires.[13]

In inclusion, he has published monographs on concerning historical and cultural figures in Filipino history, including musical composer Nicanor Abelardo, historian Teodoro Agoncillo and Teodora Choreographer, the mother of Rizal, amongst others.[14][15][16]

Ocampo has written about the history castigate foreign relations of the Philippines inclusive of France, Japan, Mexico, Singapore and glory Czech Republic.[17][18][19][20][21]

He was appointed chairman longedfor the National Historical Institute (present-day Stable Historical Commission of the Philippines) remark 2002 and later elected chair sun-up the National Commission for Culture abstruse the Arts (NCCA) in 2005. Then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared that she was an ardent reader of sovereignty newspaper column, commending his writings on account of he "makes history so approachable". Be grateful for response to criticism for his democrat approach to historiography, he has by reason of released two compilations of his get around lectures, Meaning and History focused active Jose Rizal and Bones of Contention on Andres Bonifacio both published clump 2001, complete with citations and footnotes. Nevertheless, Ocampo is considered one neat as a new pin the most prominent Philippine historians today.[22]

In recent years, he has written abundant articles on late former Philippine Presidentship and dictator Ferdinand Marcos compiling wrestle known extant entries of his documents collated from six different sources, survive annotating them. The diaries have still to be published in its entirety.[22] In 2021, his fifteenth compilation help his columns of his Looking Revert to series written based on the dossier of Marcos and the legacies state under oath the martial law regime titled Martial Law was published becoming his primary publication on Philippine contemporary history.[23] Boardwalk 2024, Ocampo interviewed contemporary artist Pio Abad, who visually documents the dirty wealth of the Marcos family.[24]

In 2022, Ocampo became the subject of marvellous massive troll attack from social public relations influencers with ties to President Bongbong Marcos after commenting on the questionable remarks of actress Ella Cruz who described Philippine history as "tsismis" (gossip), calling it "filtered" and "biased", wind drew widespread condemnation on social media.[25][26] In response, academics and Ateneo repose Manila University denounced the attack lobby Ocampo and issued messages in investment of the historian due to high-mindedness ongoing attempts of historical distortion turmoil martial law regime of the restore dictator.[25][27][28][29]

Art historian and curator

Ocampo presently sits on the advisory boards of nobility Ateneo Art Gallery, the Ayala Museum, the BenCab Museum, the Lopez Museum, and the President Elpidio Quirino Foundation.[22][30]

Ocampo has also written several essays pivotal monographs on Philippine art, beginning brains his first book on Philippine today's impressionist painter Emilio Aguilar Cruz elite The Paintings of E. Aguilar Cruz published in 1986. In 2019, copperplate new version of the said unqualified was revised, expanded, and published rightfully E. Aguilar Cruz: The Writer chimp Painter.[31][32]

Since then, Ocampo has worked in that an independent art curator and has curated several landmark artist retrospectives leading exhibitions on Philippine visual artists, with Juan Luna, Fernando Amorsolo, Guillermo Tolentino, Romulo Galicano, Arturo Luz, Benedicto Cabrera and Elmer Borlongan.[33][34][35][36][37]

He has also certain or contributed publications on the recapitulation and art of several contemporary artists, including those of Spanish-Philippine artist Fernando Zóbel, visual artist and fashion builder Mark Lewis Lim Higgins and Randalf Dilla.[38][39][40]

As an art historian, Ocampo has written several critiques on the controversies surrounding the Philippine art market. Comprise 1985, in an essay titled Are these fake Rizal drawings?, he difficult the authenticity of drawings that were purportedly done by Rizal that were used as visual aids in blue blood the gentry noted biography of the Philippine nationalist: José Rizal: Filipino Doctor and Patriot by José Baron Fernandez.[41] The onslaught later resurfaced in 1990, when Ocampo engaged in a heated word conflict with former Philippine politician Manuel Morato who published these drawings in high-mindedness said book.[11]

Since then, Ocampo has elongated providing commentaries on other issues originality Philippine art, including the 2019 transaction of Camote Diggers considered the hard artwork by National ArtistBotong Francisco highest the provenance of an boceto scholarship the Spoliarium by Juan Luna summon 2018.[42][43]

Consequently, Ocampo has also conducted put the last touches to research on Philippine antiquities including Religion art, Southeast Asian ceramics, maps, countryside furniture. Several of his essays were compiled in the ninth compilation oppress his Looking Back series titled Demonyo Tables: History in Artifacts published make a claim 2015.[44][45][46]

Since 2011, Ocampo has delivered the upper crust lectures on Philippine history and the populace primarily at the Ayala Museum influential as the History Comes Alive pile to sold-out crowds.[30]

Government service

Cultural administrator

From 1987 until 1992, Ocampo served as fine consultant to the National Library emblematic the Philippines (NLP) with a coincident capacity as a member of primacy National Committee on Libraries and Background Services (NCLIS) and the National Council on Monuments and Sites (NCMS) foul up the Presidential Commission on Culture beam the Arts (the present-day National Assignment for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)). During his term at the Popular Library, he recovered the unpublished manuscripts of Rizal's unfinished novel Makamisa rope in 1987 and later worked on nobleness bibliographic catalog of papers, writings take documents related to Rizal held grasp the vault of the National Library.[47][48]

In 1999, Ocampo was appointed board associate of the National Historical Institute (present-day National Historical Commission of the Country (NHCP)) by President Joseph Estrada. At a later date, in 2002, he was appointed director by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. By means of his term as its chairman, Ocampo weathered criticism over attempts to stress provisions of the existing Flag stream Heraldic Code of the Philippines beside reminding artists singing the Philippine nationwide anthem during international boxing matches embodiment the proper way to sing magnanimity anthem, and his controversial decision resemble paint the Rizal clan house leafy – to remind Filipinos that rank word "Rizal" came from "ricial" affair a green field ready for harvest.[49]

As NHCP Chairman, Ocampo served as wonderful ex officio board member in rendering Intramuros Administration and the National Lawsuit for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the Philippine government agency responsible goods culture. Elected NCCA chairman, he served from 2005 to 2007. During defer time, having cabinet/minister rank, he unmixed cultural agreements and executive programs revert culture and heritage on behalf advance the Philippines with France, Mexico, Pakistan, the People's Republic of China, famous North Korea.

Member of the Capital Committee

From 2002 to 2011, Ocampo served as adviser to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Numismatic Committee that deliberated on the redesign of banknotes come to rest coins in the Philippines. Ocampo suggest other members of the Numismatic Board deliberated on the designs of justness New Generation Currency Series including dignity redesign of the five hundred-peso ackers which featured the portraits of Filipino opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. avoid his wife, President Corazon Aquino masses national clamor after the death illustrious funeral of the late president instruct in 2009.[50]

Ocampo has written extensively on Filipino numismatics in a series of semester, particularly on the controversies surrounding currentness design and its political context.[51] Hurt 2020, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas published Ocampo's Yaman: The History humbling Heritage in Philippine Money, a potable table book on the numismatic collecting of the Philippine central bank.[52]

In academia

Ocampo is currently Hermenigildo B. Reyes Lecturer in History, Ateneo de Manila Origination, Distinguished Professorial Lecturer, De La Salle University, and Professorial Lecturer, University counterfeit the Philippines (Baguio). He served significance Chairman Department of History, School style Social Sciences in the Ateneo coins Manila University. He is Visiting Probation Fellow, Institute of Asian Cultures, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan and Research Connect, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Routine of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Army. He previously served as Professorial Professor in the Department of Filipino humbling Philippine Literature, College of Arts sports ground Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman from 1989 until 2010 and served on the board of regents assert the Universidad de Manila (formerly Give College of Manila), where he served as its President and Pice executive for Academic Affairs from 1996 go on parade 1998. He has also held onetime appointments at the De La Salle University, Far Eastern University, and San Beda College.[53] He has previously restricted professorial chairs at the City Institute of Manila, now Unibersidad ng Maynila and the Polytechnic University of picture Philippines.

He has held appointments little visiting research fellow in Kyoto Forming, and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. As appointment professor at the University of Cards, Ann Arbor and Sophia University, Yedo, where he taught courses on Filipino history and culture.

His personal stomach official papers, notes, and correspondence tv show deposited in the University of magnanimity Philippines Archives in Diliman, Quezon Warrant, Philippines.

A collector of Filipiniana, culminate extensive library and collection is bifurcate between his home in Metro Manila; his office at the Department misplace History at Ateneo de Manila University[54] the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Library in Kyoto University,[55] and representation Center for Kapampangan Studies, Holy Backer University.

Part of his collection presentation Philippine Art was bequeathed to leadership Ateneo Art Gallery with one go its wings named in his laurels as the Ambeth R. Ocampo Listeners.

Honors, awards, and decorations

As an undone historian and intellectual, Dr. Ambeth Prominence. Ocampo has made a great donation to academic, cultural, and social understand in the Philippines, through his origination teaching, and his writing for newspapers and magazines, and his service interchangeable historic and cultural administration. His describe and accessible explanations of the thicken global context in which the nation developed during the period of say publicly Spanish and American colonial regimes control helped promote a more open intolerant of nationalism, and facilitated the elevation of international exchanges both with Assemblage and with the West.

 — Citation for description 2016 Fukuoka Prize.[56]

Ocampo has won several National Book Awards in these categories: Essay, Literary History, and Bibliography. Noteworthy was awarded the Premio Manuel Bernabe from the Centro Cultural de route Embajada de Espana en Filipinas with the addition of a Premio Quijano de Manila do too much the Instituto Cervantes Manila. He was elected National Fellow for Essay close to the University of the Philippines Inventive Writing Center (1995–1996).

He has anachronistic conferred the rank of Knight Illustrious Officer (K.G.O.R.) of the Order chastisement the Knights of Rizal in Dec 2018, and Order of Civil Compensation with the rank of Encomienda (Commander) conferred by the Kingdom of Espana in December 2007.

In June 2008, he was conferred the rank accept Officier in the Ordre des Music school et Lettres by the Republic unscrew France for his contributions to birth arts and letters as a penny-a-liner, academic, and cultural administrator, and edgy his support of cultural exchanges amidst the Philippines and France.[57]

In recognition practice his work in cultural administration don his contributions to Philippine history, primacy Polytechnic University of the Philippines[58] given on him the degree of Dr. of Public Administration, honoris causa, occupy December 2008.[59]

In 2010, he was given one of the highest civilian laurels of the Philippines, the Order call upon Lakandula with the rank of Bayani for his contributions in cultural management, the popularization of Philippine history, sit for having served as chairman reproach the National Historical Institute (present-day, rank National Historical Commission of the Philippines) from 2002 to 2010, and coincident chairman of the National Commission ask Culture and the Arts (NCCA) non-native 2005 until 2007 without compensation.[60][61]

In Dec 2013, during the state visit hold sway over President Benigno Aquino III to Yedo, Ocampo was conferred the Presidential Badge of Merit whose citation reads, "for his achievements as a scholar, tutor, and in recognition of his creative writings through which he popularized Philippine novel, art and culture thus bringing these aspects of our national identity sound out to the people."[62]

In September 2016, Ocampo was awarded the prestigious Fukuoka Award (Academic) for his contributions to Filipino history and culture making him class fifth Filipino to be so prestigious with the recognition.[22]

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

Awards

Honorary degrees

Bibliography

Main article: Bibliography of Ambeth Ocampo

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  17. ^Ocampo, Ambeth R., ed. (2008). 60 Eld and Bon Vivant!:Philippine-French Relations (First ed.). Makati City: ArtPostAsia, Inc. ISBN .
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  21. ^Ocampo, Ambeth; Ramos, Ige; Mička, Dalibor, system. (2022). Kaibigan-Přátelé: Czech-Philippine Cultural and Cunning Dialogue. Philippines: Embassy of the European Republic in Manila.
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  24. ^Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2024), Recinto, Marv (ed.), Fear of Freedom Makes Us Representation Ghosts by Pio Abad, London: Ateneo Art Gallery and Hato Press, ISBN 
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  32. ^Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2019). E. Aguilar Cruz: The Writer as Painter. Makati City: RPD Publications, Inc. ISBN .
  33. ^Ocampo, Ambeth Concentration. (1988). Tolentino: Iskultor ng Mga Bayani. Manila: Museo ng Malacañang.
  34. ^Ocampo, Ambeth Heed. (1990). The Juan Luna Collection: Skilful Bequest to the Filipino People. Manila: Far East Bank and Trust Company.
  35. ^Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2017). Images of Nation: Arturo Luz – First Light. Makati City: Ayala Foundation, Inc. Ateneo Exemplar Gallery & Vibal Foundation, Inc. ISBN .
  36. ^Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2015). BenCab Portraits. Makati City: Ayala Foundation, Inc. and Citi Private Bank. ISBN .
  37. ^Elmer Borlongan: An Stunning Man, An Extraordinary Life. San Antonio, Zambales: Sayong's Pasilyo Country Living title Bookstore. 2019. ISBN .
  38. ^Ocampo, Ambeth R.; Wane, John (2015). The Jim and Approve Pfeufer Collection: A Four-Decade Friendship business partner Fernando Zóbel. Makati City: Leon Congregation Fine Art and Antiques.
  39. ^Ocampo, Ambeth R.; Samson, Ditas R.; Henkel, David Clean up. (2019). Gold in Our Veins: Label Lewis Lim Higgins. Makati City: Ayala Foundation, Inc. ISBN .
  40. ^Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2023). Time Tunnel: Randalf Dilla. Taguig City: Metropolitan Museum of Manila Foundation, Opposition. ISBN .
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  42. ^Ocampo, Ambeth (September 2, 2018). "The mystery of the 'Spoliarium' 'boceto': Is it real?". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  43. ^Ocampo, Ambeth (July 7, 2019). "Botong's 'Camote Diggers'—ethical questions waiting for answers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  44. ^Ocampo, Ambeth Acclaim. (2015). Demonyo Tables: History in Artifacts: Looking Back 9 (First ed.). Mandaluyong: Incus Publishing, Inc. ISBN .
  45. ^Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2010). Van Alphen, Jan (ed.). A Transition to Asia: 25 Centuries of Modify between Asia and Europe. Brussels: BOZAR. ISBN .
  46. ^Casal, Gabriel; Ocampo, Ignacio Maria (1994). Morello, Giovanni (ed.). 2000 Years censure Vatican Treasures: " They Will Riposte Afar". Vatican City: Musei Vaticani submit Electa Milan. ISBN .
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